As Merry recalls those long-ago events that took place when she was just eight years old, long-buried secrets and painful memories that clash with what was broadcast on television begin to surface–and a mind-bending tale of psychological horror is unleashed, raising vexing questions about memory and reality, science and religion, and the very nature of evil. When events in the Barrett household explode in tragedy, the show and the shocking incidents it captures become the stuff of urban legend.įifteen years later, a bestselling writer interviews Marjorie’s younger sister, Merry. With John, Marjorie’s father, out of work for more than a year and the medical bills looming, the family agrees to be filmed, and they soon find themselves the unwitting stars of The Possession, a hit reality TV show. He also contacts a production company that is eager to document the Barrett’s plight. Father Wanderly suggests an exorcism he believes the vulnerable teenager is the victim of demonic possession. As their home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help.

To her parents’ despair, the doctors are unable to stop Marjorie’s descent into madness. The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia. Danielewski’s House of Leaves, John Ajvide Lindqvist’s Let the Right One In, and Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House OL20005408W Page_number_confidence 90.71 Pages 314 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.15 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20211007014817 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 527 Scandate 20211001094911 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780062363237 Tts_version 4.Hardcover, Ebook, audio available! Trade paperback coming May 2016.Ī chilling thriller that brilliantly blends domestic drama and psychological suspense with a touch of modern horror, reminicent of Mark Z.

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A head full of ghosts